I finally switched to 26.3 and the problem persists. For example, it renders 'latex-preview-pane-mode` unusable. Perhaps a more robust solution would be to spawn ImageMagic as sub-process instead of using it as a library? Vadim On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 12:30 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Vadim Zaliva > > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:36:01 -0700 > > > > I am using 'latex-preview-pane-mode'. It renders PDF preview of the > > document. It works first time. When I do any change to the document and > > try to save it, it crashes. On console I see the following: > > [...] > > Thread 1 "emacs" received signal SIGBUS, Bus error. > > __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms () > > at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:306 > > 306 ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S: No such > file or directory. > > (gdb) bt full > > #0 0x00007ffff0defb64 in __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms () > > at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S:306 > > #1 0x00007ffff36028ac in ReadBlob () at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libMagickCore-6.Q16.so.3 > > #2 0x00007fffe2b6843e in () > > at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.9.7/modules-Q16/coders/png.so > > #3 0x00007ffff76dbb6f in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 > > #4 0x00007ffff76dbc5f in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 > > #5 0x00007ffff76e0322 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 > > #6 0x00007ffff76d2ae3 in png_read_row () at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 > > #7 0x00007fffe2b7a887 in () > > at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.9.7/modules-Q16/coders/png.so > > #8 0x00007fffe2b7b4d6 in () > > at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.9.7/modules-Q16/coders/png.so > > #9 0x00007ffff363a9df in ReadImage () at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libMagickCore-6.Q16.so.3 > > #10 0x00007ffff3b0f46a in MagickReadImage () > > at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libMagickWand-6.Q16.so.3 > > [...] > > It looks ImageMagick problem. > > Indeed. > > > Howevr if it crashes or otherwise > > misbehaves it should not bring down my whole emacs process. > > A fatal signal in any C library used by Emacs will necessarily bring > the whole Emacs process down. Emacs tries to catch these signals and > perform auto-saving, but after doing so it has no choice but shut > down, because there's no way of continuing from such fatal signals on > modern operating systems. > > ImageMagick has many stability problems, which is why Emacs is moving > away of using it, by implementing some of its capabilities natively, > and by replacing its other capabilities with other external libraries. > My suggestion is to try the latest Emacs (version 26.3 is the latest > official release; version 27.1 is in pretest and can be downloaded > from alpha.gnu.org), and upgrade your ImageMagick to a more stable > version if that is possible. > > Other than that, I don't see how this problem can be solved in Emacs. > > Thanks. > -- "Hated by fools, and fools to hate, be that my motto and my fate" (Jonathan Swift)